A student at the University of Warwick was dragged into bushes and sexually assaulted as she returned from the campus library last night. The terrifying attack happened at about 11pm as the 24-year-old foreign student walked home from the library at the Gibbett Hill Road campus.

It happened near the car park for the Radcliffe House halls of residence, near Gibbett Hill Road.

A spokeswoman for Warwickshire Police said: ?She was walking back to her residential block when she was attacked on a footpath close to the Radcliffe House car park.

?She was dragged into some bushes and seriously sexually assaulted. This was a terrible experience for the woman, who has been extremely shaken by what happened.?

University spokesman Peter Dunn said: ?We are very concerned by such a serious incident as this taking place on the campus.?

Det Chief Insp Matt Beer is asking anyone with information to contact police on 01926 415000 or through Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.